linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] vfs: implement fchmodat2() syscall

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Date:   Tue, 11 Apr 2017 13:52:42 -0400
From:   Colin Walters <walters@...bum.org>
To:     Eric Blake <eblake@...hat.com>, Greg Kurz <groug@...d.org>,
        viro@...iv.linux.org.uk
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] vfs: implement fchmodat2() syscall



On Tue, Feb 28, 2017, at 02:23 PM, Eric Blake wrote:

> Might also be worth mentioning that this patch is required in order to
> solve CVE-2016-9602, per discussion at
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-02/msg06089.html

I only briefly looked at this, but can't `open(..., O_PATH)` be used to solve
this today?